abstract:Learning commons, also known as scholars' commons, information commons or digital commons, are educational spaces, similar to libraries and classrooms that share space for information technology, remote or online education, tutoring, collaboration, content creation, meetings and reading or study. Learning commons are increasingly popular in academic and research libraries, and some public and school libraries have now adopted the model.
Educational resources are available from individuals and institutions including Nova, Discovery, PBS, BBC, Stanford, MIT, and Khan Academy distributed directly via their own sites, or via other learning portals including Coursera, iTunesU, Curriki, OER Commons, TED Education, or YouTube.
Open Educational Resources are teaching, learning or research materials that are in the public domain and released with an open license (such as Creative Commons).